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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this lesson, students are expected to
have the following abilities:
1. Understanding the social function of narrative
text.
2. Understanding the generic structure and language
features in narrative text.
3. Identifying general and specific information
contained in narrative text.
4. Writing a simple narrative text.
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LISTENING
SECTION
2. Listen to the short story and choose the correct words that you have heard.
A Little Hero

“Oh dear! 1) I was/wish I could be one of them,” said Tom to himself. He had been reading a
book about 2) knights/nights and heroes, who rode through the woods slaying dragons and setting
beautiful princesses free. “Wouldn’t it have been so much fun to wear a helmet and armour, 3)
carrying/carried a long lance, and riding a splendid horse? But there are no dragons nowadays, and
knights wear black coats like other men. I wish I had lived long ago!”
Tom was just an everyday boy, rather short for his age and somewhat stout. His hair was red
and stiff, and his frank, jolly face was freckled all over. The sun was shining brightly into the room,
and the 4) lives/leaves were peeping shyly and whispering softly, as if to say, “Never mind about old
heroes or wicked dragons! Come out and play.”
Tom jumped from his 5) sit/seat, put on his cap and set off down the road towards the village,
as fast as he could spin the wheels of his bicycle. In the village it was the quietest hour of the day.
Shopkeepers were talking their early tea, and school children had gone off to play in the fields. There
was not a living thing to be seen except, at the far 6) and/end of the street, a nursemaid with a pram
and a small child trotting by her side.
 All at once, away in the distance, along the white road, Tom caught sight of a horse galloping
toward him, as if it was running a race with the wind. There was no 7) reader/rider on its back. Its
eyes were staring, its side was panting, the bit had fallen from its mouth, and the reins were loose
upon its hot neck. Just then the child stepped off the pavement to cross the street, right in the 8)
path/pad of the horse. The nursemaid was looking in at a shop window, and so didn’t miss the little
girl from her side.
The horse was coming closer. If it were not stopped, it 9) wood/would knock down the little
girl. There was nobody to help her, except Tom. Without waiting a moment, the brave lad 10)
road/rode on at full speed on his bicycle. It was a race now between the run-away horse and the
brave boy; and the boy 11) win/won. For, just as the horse’s hoofs were coming down upon the little
girl, Tom leaped off his bicycle, and pushed himself in front of her.

The horse turned aside for an instant, then reared and plunged. It knocked Tom down, and
trampled his bicycle as it set off again on its wild race. The nursemaid, who was 12) no/now in a 13)
great/greet fright, first scolded and then petted the child until she sobbed, but there was no one to
notice the brave boy, who limped home slowly and in 14) pen/pain. His face was hurt, his clothes
were torn, and he dragged his broken bicycle—the bicycle that only a few weeks before had been
new and the 15) price/pride of his heart.
 “It was nothing at all, Mother,” said Tom, when he reached home. “I couldn’t let the girl
be trampled by a run-away horse, could I? Besides, there was nobody else.” This was all
that Tom told his mother. But mothers know many things about their little boys and girls that
the boys and girls do not always care to tell.
Tom did not get a 16) pedal/medal for his brave action and there was not a word
about it in the newspaper. That very evening, however, his father took the bicycle to the
village to be mended. As Tom’s mother 17) robbed/rubbed his stiff shoulder, and smeared
some ointment on his scratched cheeks, she looked at him with wet eyes. But Tom thought
there was a smile not far behind the tears. Then she smoothed his rough hair with her soft
hand, kissed him, and called him her own dear little hero.
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DEFINITION &
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GENERIC
COMMUNICATION
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STRUCTURE
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LANGUAGE
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SHORT STORIES
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DEFINITION &
COMMUNICAT
ION 01.
PURPOSE
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 DEFINITION
A narrative text is a story with complication
or problematic events and it tries to find
the resolutions or ending to solve the
problems. An important part of narrative
text is the moral value, the lesson that can
be learned by reading through the text.
 Social Function:
“To entertain / to amuse the readers or
listeners”

COMMUNICATION PURPOSE
GENERIC 02.
STRUCTURE
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 GENERIC STRUCTURE
Set the scene: where
and when the story
happened and It tells the Optional closing
introduces the beginning of the remark to the story.
participants of the problems which The problem from It consists of a
story: who, where, lead to the crisis of the crisis is moral lesson,
when and what the main resolved, either in a advice, or value
involved in the story participant. happy or sad ending. from the story.

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ORIENTA COMPLICA RESOLUT (REORIENTAT
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LANGUAGE 03.
FEATURES
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 LANGUAGE FEATURES

1 2 3
ACTION
PAST TENSE VERBS NOUN PHRASE
 Momentary Action: Hit,
The combination of
S + V2 jump, knock, etc. adjective & noun.
 Activity: Eat, listen, play,
walk, work, etc.
 Process: Change, grow, melt,
shorten, widen, etc.
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4 5 6
COMPOUND &
COMPLEX CONJUNCTION PRONOUNS
SENTENCE
• Compound: consist of two For example: as, after, as soon They, their, its, it, etc.
main clauses or more. as, at first, at once, before,
• Complex: The combination finally, just, meanwhile, next,
of a main clause and a since, now that, then, etc..
subordinate clause
 LANGUAGE FEATURES
DIRECT &
7 INDIRECT SPEECH
 Direct Speech: sentences that are spoken directly by the speaker (in
the first person) and written as is and that are always characterized
by quotation marks. E.g.:
 Juan said, “Go away!”
 Joanna says, "She is ill."
 Indirect Speech: sentences that are spoken to convey someone's
statement and are characterized by a full stop. E.g.:
 Juan said to go away.
 Joanna says that she is ill.
SHORT 04.
STORIES
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Short stories are shorter than novels because they
usually only tell about one incident. The modern
short stories have appeared since the early 19th
century.

—SHORT STORIES
 1. THE ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORIES
CHARACTER
S 2. SETTING
Main character becomes the
center of the story with a
conflict revolving around
him/her
4.
CONFLICTS
Conflict in stories can be
either external conflicts
(conflict with a force outside
oneself) or internal conflict
(conflict within oneself)
3. PLOTS
Setting tells readers about the
A plot has four essential
time and place the story
parts:
happened
 Introduction
 Rising action
 Falling action
6. POINT OF
 Result of a situation
5. THEME VIEWS
Theme is something that the The common points of view
writer want to convey and used in stories are the first
deliver to the readers. The person and omniscient
theme can be seen from the tilte
 EXAMPLE OF
Snow White
NARRATIVE TEXT
Orientation
Once upon a time there lived a little, named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle because her
parents were died.
Complication
One day she heard her aunt and uncle talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they wanted
to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White with them. Snow White didn’t
want her uncle and aunt to do this. So she decided to run away. The next morning she run away from home
when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast, she run away into the wood.
In the wood she felt very tired and hungry. Then she saw this cottage. She knocked but no one answered so
she went inside and felt asleep. Meanwhile seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside.
There, they found Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said; “What is your name?”.
Resolution
Snow White said; “My name is Snow White”. One of the dwarfs said; “If you wish, you may live here with
us”. Snow White told the whole story about her. Then Snow white ad the seven dwarfs lived happily ever
after
 HOW TO WRITE A
1 NARRATIVE
2 TEXT
Decide the topic Select a story
This is the single most Choose a story that illustrates
important section of your story. some topic or theme. Generally,
The title is essentially a narrative stories involve two
sentence that explains what is main components: a story and
some analysis of that story. A
the central focus of the event.
narrative story may be “about” a
You will use this title to
develop everything in your text. particular issue, theme, or
Title statement is usually only concept, but it uses a personal
one sentence long, more direct story to illustrate that idea.
your title, the better it is.
3 to the
Give details
characters, time and
place.
Good narrative stories are full of
specific details, particular images
and language that helps make the
story come alive for the reader.
The sights and smells in your
story should all be discussed in
particular details. When you’re
thinking of stories that might
make for good stories, it’s
important to think of some that
are rich in these kinds of details.
 NOW YOU ARE SET. WHEN YOU ARE
1 WRITING, YOU
2 NEED TO 3
Write your title
The title must reflect the entire
story as well as the
visualization of characters in
the main story. You also want to
capture the reader’s interest,
making certain that he or she
will read your story all the way
through.
Write your story
Where does your story start?
Where does it end? Writing up a
quick list of the major plot
points in the story is a good way
of making sure you hit all the
high points. Every story needs a
beginning, a middle, and an end.
Revise your story
Revision is the most important part of
writing. Nobody, even the most
experienced writers, get it right on the very
first run through. Get a draft finished ahead
of time and give yourself the chance to go
back through your story carefully and see it
again. How could it be improved?
Proofreading is one part of revision, but it’s
a very minor part and it should be done
last. Checking punctuation and spelling is
the last thing you should be worried about
in your narrative story.
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Write a short story with composition of no more than 250 words

describing a place and the time, a story and the characters,
including their appearance and personalities.
Before you write, plan your setting, your character and the
description. Use this table for an example:
Setting Description
Time: In the Dark, roaring, thunder, no stars in the sky.
evening
Place: In a little Dirty, made of woven bamboo, narrow, smelly.
hut
Characters Name: Ms. Diana.
Appearance: middle aged woman, grey hair,
eyes with sharp sight, pointed nose, a dress in
old rags, using a cane.
Personality: quiet, unfriendly, unsociable, a
hateful neighbor, single.
Activity Lying sick on an old bed.
 The Model Millionaire
By Oscar Wilde
Hughie Erskine was a very good-looking young man. Men and women liked him very much because he never
said an unkind word about anyone. But he was not rich and clever. He was always changing his job.
Hughie loved girl named Laura Merton, the daughter of a retired colonel. Laura loved him, too, but her father
did not allow them to marry unless Hughie could provide ten thousand pounds. 
One morning Hughie visited his friend, Alan Trevor. Trevor was a famous painter. At that time Alan was
finishing a full-sized picture of a beggar man. The beggar was standing on a stage in a corner of the room. The
beggar looked so miserable that Hughie felt sorry for him. When Alan went out of the room Hughie gave the beggar
a sovereign, the only thing he had in his pocket. Then he said goodbye to Alan.
 That night Hughie went to the Palette Club. There he met Alan. Alan told Hughie about the old beggar he had
used as his model. The beggar asked Alan about Hughie and Alan frankly told about Hughie's private life. Later Alan
revealed who the beggar was. He was Baron Hausberg, one of the richest men in Europe. Hughie was very startled,
but also angry with Alan because Alan had told his private life to Baron Hausberg. Hughie walked home unhappily,
leaving Alan laughing loudly.
The next morning while Hughie was having his breakfast, a messenger from Baron Hausberg came and handed
a letter from the baron to Hughie. Hughie wondered what was inside the envelope. He opened the envelope with a
pounding heart. To his surprise, there was a cheque for ten thousand pounds as a wedding present to Hughie and
Laura. Hughie could not convey in words how happy he was because he could marry Laura. 
At the wedding party, Alan remarked. "Millionaire models were rare enough but model millionaires were rarer
still.”
INTERNALISASI
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ْ [‫صعَ لَي َْك ِمْنَأ ۢنبَٓا ِء ٱ[[لرُّ س ُِل َما نُ [ثَب ُِّت ِب[[[ ِه[ۦ ُف[[[َؤ اد ََك ۚ َو َجٓا َءكَ ِف[[[ى ٰهَ ِذ ِه‬
Quran Surat Hud Ayat 120‫ٱ[[ل َح ُّق َو َم [ْو ِعظَ ٌة َو ِذ ْك َر ٰىلِ [ ْل ُمْؤ ِمنِ َين‬
Terjemah Arti: Dan semua kisah dari rasul-rasul Kami ceritakan kepadamu, ialah kisah-kisah yang
dengannya Kami teguhkan hatimu; dan dalam surat ini telah datang kepadamu kebenaran serta pengajaran
dan peringatan bagi orang-orang yang beriman. Tafsir Quran Surat Hud Ayat 120 Kami mengisahkan
kepadamu (wahai nabi), dari berita-berita para rasul yang hidup sebelum masa mu, semua apa yang kamu
butuhkan yang dapat meneguhkan hatimu untuk mengemban beban-beban tugas menyampaikan risalah.
Dan sesungguhnya telah datang kepadamu dalam surat ini dan dalam berita-berita yang dikandungnya
suatu penjelasan tentang kebenaran yang kamu pegangi. Dan telah datang padamu nasihat di dalamnya
yang akan membuat kaum kafir menghentikan perbuatan mereka dan menjadi peringatan bagi orang-orang
yang beriman kepada Allah dan RasulNya.
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